node-id3

node-id3

node-id3 is an ID3-Tag library written in JavaScript.

Installation

npm install node-id3

Usage

const NodeID3 = require('node-id3')

/* Variables found in the following usage examples */

const filebuffer = new Buffer("Some Buffer of a (mp3) file")
const filepath = './path/to/(mp3)file'

const tags = {
    title: "Tomorrow",
    artist: "Kevin Penkin",
    album: "TVアニメ「メイドインアビス」オリジナルサウンドトラック",
    APIC: "./example/mia_cover.jpg",
    TRCK: "27"
}

Write tags to file

const success = NodeID3.write(tags, filepath) // Returns true/Error
// async version
NodeID3.write(tags, file, function(err) {  })

Write tags to filebuffer

const success = NodeID3.write(tags, filebuffer) // Returns Buffer
// async version
NodeID3.write(tags, file, function(err, buffer) {  })

Update existing tags of file or buffer

This will write new/changed values but keep all others

const success = NodeID3.update(tags, filepath) //  Returns true/Error
const success = NodeID3.update(tags, filebuffer) //  Returns Buffer
NodeID3.update(tags, filepath, function(err, buffer) {  })
NodeID3.update(tags, filebuffer, function(err, buffer) {  })

Create tags as buffer

const success = NodeID3.create(tags) // Returns ID3-Tag Buffer
// async version
NodeID3.create(tags, function(buffer) {  })

Reading ID3-Tags

const tags = NodeID3.read(file)
NodeID3.read(file, function(err, tags) {})
/*
    tags: {
        title: "Tomorrow",
        artist: "Kevin Penkin",
        image: {
          mime: "jpeg",
          type: {
            id: 3,
            name: "front cover"
          },
          description: String,
          imageBuffer: Buffer
        },
        raw: {
          TIT2: "Tomorrow",
          TPE1: "Kevin Penkin",
          APIC: Object (See above)
        }
      }
*/

// Possible options
const options = {
    include: ['TALB', 'TIT2'],    // only read the specified tags (default: all)
    exclude: ['APIC'],            // don't read the specified tags (default: [])
    onlyRaw: false,               // only return raw object (default: false)
    noRaw: false                  // don't generate raw object (default: false)
}
const tags = NodeID3.read(file, options)

Removing ID3-Tags from file/buffer

const success = NodeID3.removeTags(filepath)  //  returns true/Error
NodeID3.removeTags(filepath, function(err) {  })

let bufferWithoutID3Frame = NodeID3.removeTagsFromBuffer(filebuffer)  //  Returns Buffer

Using Promises (available starting with v0.2)

const NodeID3Promise = require('node-id3').Promise

NodeID3.write(tags, fileOrBuffer)
NodeID3.update(tags, fileOrBuffer)
NodeID3.create(tags)
NodeID3.read(filepath)
NodeID3.removeTags(filepath)

Supported aliases/fields

album:
bpm:
composer:
genre:
copyright:
date:
playlistDelay:
encodedBy:
textWriter:
fileType:
time:
contentGroup:
title:
subtitle:
initialKey:
language:
length:
mediaType:
originalTitle:
originalFilename:
originalTextwriter:
originalArtist:
originalYear:
fileOwner:
artist:
performerInfo:
conductor:
remixArtist:
partOfSet:
publisher:
trackNumber:
recordingDates:
internetRadioName:
internetRadioOwner:
size:
ISRC:
encodingTechnology:
year:
comment: {
  language: "eng",
  text: "mycomment"
}
unsynchronisedLyrics: {
  language: "eng",
  text: "lyrics"
}
userDefinedText: [{
  description: "txxx name",
  value: "TXXX value text"
}, {
  description: "txxx name 2",
  value: "TXXX value text 2"
}] // Care, update doesn't delete non-passed array items!
image: {
  mime: "png/jpeg"/undefined,
  type: {
    id: 3,
    name: "front cover
  }, // See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ID3#ID3v2_embedded_image_extension
  description: "image description",
  imageBuffer: (file buffer)
},
popularimeter: {
  email: "[e-mail]",
  rating: 192,  // 1-255
  counter: 12
},
private: [{
  ownerIdentifier: "AbC",
  data: "asdoahwdiohawdaw"
}, {
  ownerIdentifier: "AbCSSS",
  data: Buffer.from([0x01, 0x02, 0x05])
}],
chapter: [{
  elementID: "Hey!", // THIS MUST BE UNIQUE!
  startTimeMs: 5000,
  endTimeMs: 8000,
  startOffsetBytes: 123, // OPTIONAL!
  endOffsetBytes: 456,   // OPTIONAL!
  tags: {                // OPTIONAL
    title: "abcdef",
    artist: "akshdas"
  }
}],
tableOfContents: [{
  elementID: "toc1",    // THIS MUST BE UNIQUE!
  isOrdered: false,     // OPTIONAL, tells a player etc. if elements are in a specific order
  elements: ['chap1'],  // OPTIONAL but most likely needed, contains the chapter/tableOfContents elementIDs
  tags: {               // OPTIONAL
    title: "abcdef"
  }  
}],
commercialUrl: ["commercialurl.com"], // array or single string
copyrightUrl: "example.com",
fileUrl: "example.com",
artistUrl: ["example.com"], // array or single string
audioSourceUrl: "example.com",
radioStationUrl: "example.com",
paymentUrl: "example.com",
publisherUrl: "example.com",
userDefinedUrl: [{
  description: "URL description"
  url: "https://example.com/"
}] // array or single object

Supported raw IDs

You can also use the currently supported raw tags like TALB instead of album etc.

album:                "TALB"
bpm:                  "TBPM"
composer:             "TCOM"
genre:                "TCON"
copyright:            "TCOP"
date:                 "TDAT"
playlistDelay:        "TDLY"
encodedBy:            "TENC"
textWriter:           "TEXT"
fileType:             "TFLT"
time:                 "TIME"
contentGroup:         "TIT1"
title:                "TIT2"
subtitle:             "TIT3"
initialKey:           "TKEY"
language:             "TLAN"
length:               "TLEN"
mediaType:            "TMED"
originalTitle:        "TOAL"
originalFilename:     "TOFN"
originalTextwriter:   "TOLY"
originalArtist:       "TOPE"
originalYear:         "TORY"
fileOwner:            "TOWN"
artist:               "TPE1"
performerInfo:        "TPE2"
conductor:            "TPE3"
remixArtist:          "TPE4"
partOfSet:            "TPOS"
publisher:            "TPUB"
trackNumber:          "TRCK"
recordingDates:       "TRDA"
internetRadioName:    "TRSN"
internetRadioOwner:   "TRSO"
size:                 "TSIZ"
ISRC:                 "TSRC"
encodingTechnology:   "TSSE"
year:                 "TYER"
comment:              "COMM"
image:                "APIC"
unsynchronisedLyrics  "USLT"
userDefinedText       "TXXX"
popularimeter         "POPM"
private               "PRIV"
chapter               "CHAP"
tableOfContents       "CTOC"
commercialUrl         "WCOM"
copyrightUrl          "WCOP"
fileUrl               "WOAF"
artistUrl             "WOAR"
audioSourceUrl        "WOAS"
radioStationUrl       "WORS"
paymentUrl            "WPAY"
publisherUrl          "WPUB"
userDefinedUrl        "WXXX"

Changelog

[0.2.1] - 2020-10-30

Fixed

• Removed wrong import from TypeScript definition file
• Added Promises to TypeScript definition file